To Hell with fly sprays that don't work. I'm reduced to chasing the little buggers around the house with a rolled up copy of the 'Church Times'.
Has any shipmate any advice about a fly spray that actually works?
Not a spray, of course, but Spiders are useful creatures. I tend to leave webs where they are, and therefore have very few Flies, but one or two happy Spiders.
O well, that's something. Maybe some of your flock will assist with the clearing-up?
Our Place was once burgled, a long time ago, with some damage being done to two massive oak internal doors, but AFAIK nothing worthwhile was taken, as all valuables were securely locked in very heavy safes...
That's an embuggerance, BT! St Pete's was broken into some time ago (before my time there), and the buggers actually took the safe away! I don't know how much of value was in it - probably the Communion silver, but good luck with trying to sell something like that.
There's a tiny little bit of me that can't help thinking, if they were that determined (it's a very heavy piece of kit), they almost deserved to get away with it ...
Someone took the heavy safe from our church (also St Peter's) a few years ago. They got it about quarter a mile away before using what looked like a giant tin opener and then abandoning it. The registers were still in it. The following Sunday we prayed that they would come back one day by the conventional way.
I was treasurer at the time and still have my key for that safe which was replaced.
Scam artists of all kinds. I attended a "Keep Safe for Elders" workshop hosted by our local district attorney. Thankfully, many of the scams they showed I had seen and ignored. Nevertheless, the stories we heard were heartbreaking. Two key takeaways for me were to tap my credit card instead of swiping, and now that AI can replicate your voice, each family should have a designated safe word. What a sad world we live in.
@RockyRoger You can make a fairly successful fly trap by putting a bit of liquid soap in a jar and then adding a couple of inches of vinegar (I use cheap red wine vinegar). The flies are attracted to the vinegar, but once they get into the soap, they can't get out anymore.
I received a phone text message scam claiming to be from my child a few months ago, Graven Image. Impressive start, spelt Mum the English way, said they had broken their phone and had a new number and could I message them. But the tone was not either of my sons and my younger son would have used his girlfriend’s phone anyway. I confirmed it was not them in the family WhatsApp group.
To Hell with fly sprays that don't work. I'm reduced to chasing the little buggers around the house with a rolled up copy of the 'Church Times'.
Has any shipmate any advice about a fly spray that actually works?
Not a spray, but we have a couple of zappers that keep the flies under control, if not always dealing with the immediately vexing one. As far as sprays go, I've heard good things about salt guns.
A friend of mine had one of those “Hi mum” scam texts. She replied “which of my children is this?”, the reply was “your eldest” [sic]? She replied “why are you texting me when we’re sitting in the same room? You could just talk to me directly”. That’s where the conversation ended
I know those messages purporting to be from children are a scam when I get them. Firstly my son doesn’t call us mum and dad and two
he’s dyslexic and is a stranger to standard spelling and punctuation.
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Not a spray, of course, but Spiders are useful creatures. I tend to leave webs where they are, and therefore have very few Flies, but one or two happy Spiders.
Indeed - do you have insurance that will cover repairs/cleaning?
Our Place was once burgled, a long time ago, with some damage being done to two massive oak internal doors, but AFAIK nothing worthwhile was taken, as all valuables were securely locked in very heavy safes...
There's a tiny little bit of me that can't help thinking, if they were that determined (it's a very heavy piece of kit), they almost deserved to get away with it ...
Almost, but not quite.
I was treasurer at the time and still have my key for that safe which was replaced.
Not a spray, but we have a couple of zappers that keep the flies under control, if not always dealing with the immediately vexing one. As far as sprays go, I've heard good things about salt guns.
he’s dyslexic and is a stranger to standard spelling and punctuation.